Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
1 Chronicles 11:25 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He was renowned among the Thirty, but he did not attain to the rank of the first three. David put him over his guard and council. American Standard Version (1901) Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. Common English Bible He was famous among the Thirty, but didn’t become one of the Three. David placed him in command of his own bodyguard. Catholic Public Domain Version the first among the thirty. Yet truly, he did not reach as far as the three. Then David placed him beside his ear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the first among the thirty. But yet to the three he attained not. And David made him of his council. |
Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men.
The mighty men of the armies were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,